Birthday.

[curiouswombat]

Thank you so much for all the e-cards, gifts to my user page, and birthday greetings that I received for yesterday - I really appreciated each and every one of them.

I had a lovely day - coffee in bed, a lazy morning, before D-d, her friend, and I went to see 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' at an early matinee. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it - it was great fun. In the evening S2C, D-d, and I went out for a very good dinner at Views in our local park. Not that we got much of a view of the park in the dark!

All in all a good day. Today, now I know what I got for my birthday as well as for Christmas, I was able to go and shop in the sales - with quite a lot of success. And no work till next week - hurrah!

Almost forgot to mention that preferred television over the holiday for D-d and I has been the new Upstairs Downstairs - we recorded last nights final episode and sat and watched it this afternoon after hitting the sales.

Now to finish writing the small Christmas story - it really shouldn't take me long.

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[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

although he has from other family members.

Yes, it was the great-aunts and people like that who used to do it to me, too. My father had his own variant, though; he was often so desperate to see my face when I opened my present, chosen with care, that he would suddenly appear, about 3.30pm on Christmas Day, with one in birthday paper saying "Here - you might as well open this one now, too!"

I have a feeling this was probably done without asking Mum - who might have told him to wait until it actually was my birthday... As a small child it was a real thrill to suddenly get an extra present mid-afternoon - when I reached the age of eight or so it occurred to me that this would mean nothing to open on my birthday - but he couldn't understand why I might not want to open it, and would keep insisting...

My birthday presents from most people, these days, are put under the tree with the Christmas ones - and I can sit and gloat for three days over the fact that I have presents to open on the day! That little girl is still there - not very far under the surface, even if well covered with fat.

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that the little girl in me that I didn't experience in my youth--I was such a serious, old soul--has emerged full force and will have her amusement and merrymaking. I'm still very responsible, but I take delight in celebration.